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Gilead Sciences Inc. / Pharmasset Inc.

2011 · Acquisition/Merger · $11.2B · Complete

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Jul 14, 2014 Fierce Pharma Bearish

Senate Finance Committee investigated Gilead's $84,000 Sovaldi pricing, finding the company set a revenue-driven pricing strategy from the start that…

Dec 09, 2018 Motley Fool Bullish

Over the last five years, Gilead Sciences made a whopping $58.5B from its HCV franchise — the Pharmasset acquisition paid off quite nicely despite initial Wall…

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Gilead Sciences acquired Pharmasset for $11.2 billion in cash, gaining sofosbuvir (PSI-7977), a nucleotide analog for hepatitis C treatment.

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